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Ask Cinevate - Axis Jib
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Cinevate Moco - Motorized Slider + Timelapse Slider + Stop Motion Slider
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Tracking Shots Ep. 21 - Rack Attack
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Behind the Scenes with Rockstar Energy Drink
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Cinevate Axis Jib
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Ask Cinevate Episode 6 - What is a Dromos Hi Hat?
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HDSLR Filmmaking for Beginners: Basic Filmmaking Concepts
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HDSLR FIlmmaking for Beginners: Basic Filmmaking Concepts Preview
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Tracking Shots Ep.18 - Sliding and 'Swirling Samas'
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Cinevate's Sony FS100 Lens Adapter
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HDSLR Filmmaking for Beginners: Picking the Right Tools to Get Better Audio
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Teaser - Webinar: Getting Better Audio - Register Now!
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Webinar: HDSLR Filmmaking for Beginners - Basic Camera Movement
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Tracking Shots Ep.17 - A Loaded Western
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Webinar: Beyond the Still Chapter 2 - Focus
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Trawly - Compact Camera Dolly
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Tracking Shots Ep.15 - Sunny Side Up
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Webinar: Discover Your Inner-Filmmaker
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Cinevate Bags - Protected by Tenba
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Tracking Shots Ep.13 - Downhill Duel
Author Archives: Luke
Over (some) Hills and Through the Woods
Our latest Customer Showcase comes courtesy of Chris and Aleksandra of Chrilleks. The showcase piece highlights Downhill Rider Tyler Pratt soaring through the woods on some bumpy terrain. Keep an eye out for some slick and sneaky hidden cuts throughout, … Continue reading
Filmmaking in the Swiss Alps
Our Customer Showcase returns at great heights with a solid pair of videos and BTS goodies from Mark MeInykowycz. Mark and his DP, Matthew Anderson headed up Mount Santis in the Swiss Alps to shoot a trail running piece. They … Continue reading
APA 2nd Annual Short Video Contest
The American Photographic Artists present their 2nd Annual Short Video Contest. Last year we took part in their 1st video contest, viewing dozens of entries and selecting winners within our assigned categories (which of course, won sweet Cinevate prizes like … Continue reading
Crane on Crane Action
Bill Frakes and Laura Heald of Straw Hat Visuals are no strangers to the Cinevate blog. As you may know, Bill is an award winning photographer whose work has appeared in notable publications, including Sport Illustrated, National Geographic and Time … Continue reading
WPPI 2013 Film – Teaser Trailer
For our photog friends, the annual Vegas WPPI event at the MGM is well known as the largest photography expo in the US and one of the must-attend shows. This year’s event was documented under the direction of Sion Michel, … Continue reading
The Art of Storytelling (the Stillmotion Way)
If you’re familiar with our blog then you’ve likely noticed a recent preference for educational content. Such is the case today as Vimeo has released the latest lesson in their Video School series. The gang at Stillmotion (who, at this … Continue reading
Short Film Aims to Promote Clean Water Awareness
It is becoming more and more apparent every day that we are slowly but surely running out of clean drinking water. It’s an easy fact to ignore, since most of have access to clean, filtered water from a tap or … Continue reading
Riding the Rails – Nikon’s Moving Pictures
Whether you shoot Nikon, Canon or another brand, there will always be something new to learn. The tools may change (and they often do) but the fundamentals tend to stay the same. Luckily, the amount of resources online are steadily … Continue reading
Masterclass DSLR Workshops – April 25 & 26th – California
*Update: The Workshop dates have been changed to April 25th & April 26th If you’re going to be on the West coast (or at NAB in a few weeks) there’s a workshop taking place that is practically a stone-throw away. … Continue reading
Gulf Photo Plus 2013 Workshops
Tradeshows are back in season and well underway for 2013. Gulf Photo Plus is quickly approaching and they’re offering a slew of workshops from seasoned photographers including some of our pals like Joe McNally and Eduardo Angel. Eduardo helped us … Continue reading
Kickstarter Sci-Fi Film Worth Watching
There is no question that crowd sourcing has become a viable way to get funding for a multitude of projects these days. Kickstarter and Indiegogo are the major sites for this and they’ve helped bring life to many products. Within … Continue reading
Win an Axis Jib (and other great prizes!)
That’s right! We’re giving away one of our brand new Axis Jibs! Well, technically we’re not giving it away, but rather our pals over at Borrowlenses are. They’re running a huge promotion to celebrate their new east coast expansion by … Continue reading
Watch Ask Cinevate – Axis Jib
We wanted to kick off 2013 with a bang and it feels like we’re off to a good start. January brought the launch of two big products, the Moco Motion Control Slider Kits and our new Axis Jib. You may … Continue reading
Moco Blog #1 – Technical Overview
With our new Moco Motion Control Add-on kits available we have lots to talk about and plenty of questions to answer. Luckily for us we have help from a couple of seasoned timelapse and motion control shooters. In this case, … Continue reading
Cinevate Moco – Motorized Slider + Timelapse Slider + Stop Motion Slider
Moco is finally here! We are happy to bring motion control to our entire family of camera sliders. Moco is a sophisticated system that gives experienced shooters and timelapse rookies (like myself) the ability to perform advanced camera movements across … Continue reading
Event Cinema Workshop in Las Vegas
Update February 21st, 2013: Kevin just informed us that the March 11th workshop has sold out! Fret not – due to demand they’ve added a 2nd workshop on Sunday, March 10th. Head over to the ECW page to register while … Continue reading
Midway State’s RED Scarlet shot Music Video
Earlier this year our pal Konrad Czystowski approached us for a few of our filmmaking gadgets to help in the filming of a music video for Canadian band, The Midway State. The video has played on Canadian music station MuchMusic … Continue reading
Canon 1D C & Motion Image Photography
Motion Image Photography. This isn’t really a new concept for us. We’ve seen lots of images and posts and comments on pulling still images from 4K video in the past, especially as the RED cameras starting offering these resolutions. What’s … Continue reading
Watch the New Axis Jib Video
Our much talked about, highly anticipated Axis Jib is finally here! We started teasing the Jib prototype back at NAB 2012 and after much testing and a few modifications you can now get one for yourself. Have a gander at … Continue reading
Stillmotion’s Canon C100 Film ‘Pulse’ with Behind-the-Scenes
Having just finished up their huge North American KNOW Tour, you’d think that Stillmotion crew would be resting up for the holidays, yet here they are with a brand new video filmed on Canon’s C100. Shot over 11 days in … Continue reading
Canon 6D Beta Footage
Canon’s EOS 6D is here. In case you forgot, the Canon 6D is their latest full-frame sensor DSLR. Coming in at $2,100 USD (body only) it’s priced above the Mk II and 7D and below the Mk III. All the … Continue reading
LensProToGo Launches Free iOS App
LENSPROTOGO LAUNCHES FREE iOS APPLICATION Consumers can now rent photo and video equipment from their phone LensProToGo, one of the nation’s largest camera, lens, and DSLR video equipment rental companies, today announced the release of its free iOS app, which … Continue reading
Tracking Shots Ep. 21 – Rack Attack
Our pal and Tracking Shots regular Adam Colton has been busy on his latest production for LoadedBoards. Adam is known for capturing his fast moving subjects while maintaining an impressively sharp focus despite using the notoriously shallow depth-of-field DSLRs. Adam … Continue reading
Visual Masterpiece Masterclass Workshop – Dec 10th & 11th
Our pals at Visual Masterpiece recently announced a couple dates for their amazing Masterclass Workshops. If you’re on the West Coast (or looking for an excuse to escape somewhere warm this winter) you’ll want to check out their December 10th … Continue reading
Introducing our Shoulder Mount v3 & Mitchell Adapter Plate
We are happy to announce a pair of new filmmaking gadgets for your shooting pleasure. The first is our Shoulder Mount v3. The v3 improves on the old design, replacing the offset and support bracket by simplifying the adjustments and … Continue reading
Canon 5D Mk III Update to Allow Uncompressed HDMI Out
The latest news making its away across blogs and tweets isn’t about a new camera announcement (shockingly) but rather a firmware update from Canon. Why so noteworthy? Canon’s update will allow for uncompressed signal output from the Canon 5D Mk … Continue reading
GoPro HERO 3 Launches
There is no shortage of ‘action’ cameras on the market these days (GoPro, Contour, Sony to name a few). Contour has been in the game for a couple years now and Sony recently announced their Action Camera while GoPro seemed … Continue reading
Acclaimed Photographer Joe McNally Chats DSLR Video Production
You’ve probably already heard of acclaimed photographer, Joe McNally. If you haven’t, Joe’s work has been featured in world reknown publications like TIME, Newsweek, Fortune, The New York Times, Sports Illustrated and National Geographic (to name a few). You may … Continue reading
Tracking Shots Ep.20 – High Speed Behind-the-Scenes
Regular Cinevate.com contributor Travis Valtierra is back with a new episode of Rockstar Energy Drink’s “Life in the Foust Lane“. ‘Foust’ takes the viewer behind the scenes of the Octane Academy, drifting competitions, the biggest Rally Cross events the world … Continue reading
Adventure Photographer Lucas Gilman featured on Apple.com
Adventure and travel photographer Lucas Gilman was featured in our blog earlier this year, highlighting his First Descent video and discussing his newly acquired Nikon D800 and the workflow that comes with having the ability to record externally via the … Continue reading